Quasi-public private schools give 100% of students tuition vouchers
NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.
barbaraf80.bsky.social49Our tax dollars need to go to OUR public schools, period. Giving tax dollars to private, religious, discriminatory schools should be banned. One mor GOP grift to benefit the wealthy. #voteblue
Marc Airhart ❌👑31And they don't have to accept children with learning disabilities or children of immigrants or children from low income families.
Meanwhile, in Arizona, 71.2% of students using the school voucher program never attended public school. This program is costing the state a $1.4 billion shortfall. www.nysut.org/resources/sp...
Patrick Murray パトリック20In a few short years, NC now shifts almost $600M to private schools via vouchers... schools that can discriminate and have no accountability... and overwhelmingly going up families that were already in private school. @krisnordstrom.bsky.social @joshcowenmi.bsky.social axios.com/newsletters/...
Two private Chicago high schools shut down in the middle of last school year. The bankrupt company is supposed to return everything to the city of Chicago, including buildings the city financed. Instead, it’s trying to sell of property and keep proceeds for itself. www.wbez.org/education/20...
crypticthree.bsky.social12Can we start calling them segregation academies again
Adam "I Was Hoping We Could Keep It" Laats15Infuriating. Terrific reporting from @megomatz.bsky.social . This kind of unaccountable funding is the oldest problem in US history. They solved it 200 years ago by making hard rules against public funding for private schools. In NYC, the state stopped sending money to private schools in 1826.
Jen Jennings12Bluth-family worthy org chart, publicly funded with school vouchers.
Sundazed Everyday9School vouchers are theft of education. Private schools (and their members) have chosen to be private can/should continue to seek private funding. Tax dollars need to support public schools, no vouchers. All education should be accessible. (And housing, food, & healthcare)
Josh Cowen8Once states expand school vouchers, “private schools” often become fully taxpayer-subsidized. They should be held to the same standards as traditional public schools. (One of the great things about @propublica is it continues to link older research that predicted this, to present day policy).
Headology Magic6School vouchers are a scam
George S2This account is new but be aware that sketchy practices to get public money for your private school go back to post-Brown v. Board in the 1950s. (The Southern white side of my family were really, really serious about segregation.)
At some private schools, every single student is on a publicly funded voucher. Does that make the schools public or private? Read @megomatz.bsky.social's piece on how the schools operate mostly in secret.
Dark Cloud4i’m completely in favor of a massive tax on private school tuitions—sure, you can send your kid to a private school, but you are gonna pay an equal amount to the public school system; 100% tax on private school tuition
blueontario.bsky.social3It should mean they have to take responsibilty for enrollees until they graduate and not get to kick them out if they aren't "good students" and keep the money.
wisemom.bsky.social2This siphons money from beleaguered public schools. Public schools must hire certified teachers - unlike private schools. Under the IDEA, Public schools must also provide special education services to students within the districts - regardless of whether or not the student attends private school.
